§ 28-42-1. Short title. Chapters 42 — 44 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the “Employment Security Act.” History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-1.
§ 28-42-10. Services performed by students. “Employment” does not include services performed in the employ of a school, college, or university, by a student who is enrolled and regularly attending classes at that school, college, or university. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 3; P.L. 1939, ch. 659, § 2; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, […]
§ 28-42-11. Employees of agents and contractors of employing units. (a) Whenever any employing unit contracts with or has under it any contractor or subcontractor for any work that is part of its usual trade, occupation, profession, or business, unless the employing unit, as well as each contractor or subcontractor, is an employer by reason […]
§ 28-42-12. Election by exempt employer to become subject to provisions. Any employing unit for which services are performed that do not constitute employment as defined in this chapter, may file a written election with the director that all services performed by individuals in its employ in one or more distinct establishments or places of […]
§ 28-42-13. State employees. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, the state and its instrumentalities shall be deemed to be employing units and services performed in the employ of the state and its instrumentalities shall be deemed to constitute employment subject to those chapters with the exception set forth […]
§ 28-42-13.1. Employees of political subdivisions, their instrumentalities and other governmental entities. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, the political subdivisions of the state and the instrumentalities of those political subdivisions and all other governmental entities as defined in § 28-42-3(22) shall be deemed to be employing units. Service […]
§ 28-42-14. Employees of governmental entities. For the purposes of §§ 28-42-13 and 28-42-13.1, “employment” does not include services performed in the employ of a “governmental entity” as defined in § 28-42-3(22) by an individual in the exercise of duties: (1) As an elected official; (2) As a member of a legislative body, or a […]
§ 28-42-14.1. Treatment of Indian tribes. (a) “Employer” includes any Indian tribe for which service in employment as defined under chapters 42 — 44 of this title is performed. (b) “Employment” includes service performed in the employ of an Indian tribe, as defined in section 3306(u) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), 26 U.S.C. […]
§ 28-42-15 — 28-42-17. [Repealed.]
§ 28-42-18. Establishment of fund. (a) There is created the employment security fund, to be administered by the director without liability on the part of the state beyond the amounts paid into and earned by the fund. This fund shall consist of: (1) All contributions paid pursuant to §§ 28-43-16 — 28-43-22; (2) All other […]
§ 28-42-19. Disbursements from fund. The fund shall be administered and used solely to pay benefits upon vouchers drawn on the fund by the director pursuant to regulations adopted as subsequently prescribed and no other disbursement shall be made from them except as provided in §§ 28-42-21, 28-42-22, and 28-43-13. Those regulations shall be governed […]
§ 28-42-2. Declaration of policy. Economic insecurity, due to unemployment, being a serious menace to the health, morale, and general welfare of the people of this state, is, therefore, a subject of interest and concern to the community as a whole, warranting appropriate action by the general assembly to prevent its spread and to lighten […]
§ 28-42-20. Treasurer of fund — Bond — Subordinates or employees. The general treasurer shall be custodian and treasurer of the fund and shall pay all vouchers duly authenticated and drawn upon the fund. He or she shall have custody of all moneys belonging to the fund and not otherwise held or deposited or invested […]
§ 28-42-21. Deposits in and requisitions from unemployment trust fund. All money received by the director for the employment security fund established by this chapter shall, upon receipt, be deposited by the director in a clearance account in a bank, in this state, designated as a federal depositary under regulations adopted as subsequently prescribed. The […]
§ 28-42-22. Requisitions from trust fund for temporary disability insurance fund. The director shall also from time to time requisition from the unemployment trust fund any amounts of money that shall be equal to the amount of employee payments already contributed to the fund by employees of the state, and the director shall deposit the […]
§ 28-42-23. Unclaimed or unpaid moneys from unemployment trust fund. Any balance of moneys requisitioned from the unemployment trust fund for the payment of benefits that remains unclaimed or unpaid after the expiration of the period for which those sums were requisitioned shall either be deducted from estimates for, and may be utilized for the […]
§ 28-42-24. Custody and investment of fund or discontinuance of unemployment trust fund. Sections 28-42-18 — 28-42-23, to the extent that they relate to the unemployment trust fund, shall be operative only so long as that unemployment trust fund continues to exist and so long as the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States […]
§ 28-42-25. Creation of administration account — Sources. For the purpose of carrying out chapters 42 — 44 of this title and chapter 102 of title 42 and providing for the administration of these chapters, there is created within the general fund an employment security administration account, referred to as the “administration account,” to consist […]
§ 28-42-26. Disbursements from administration account — Unexpended balance. The entire cost of administration of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, including salaries and other necessary expenditures, shall be paid by the director out of the administration account. The general treasurer shall be custodian of the account and shall pay all vouchers duly drawn […]
§ 28-42-27. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1936, ch. 2333, § 16; P.L. 1937, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 16; P.L. 1939, ch. 670, § 13; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2000, ch. 55, art. 21, § 2, effective July […]
